Wednesday Night

Thursday

Friday

Mostly sunny, cool, near 50 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, mild, low 50's

Sunday

Mostly cloudy, colder, chance for rain, near 40 degrees

Discussion

One storm moved up the east coast yesterday and now attention will turn towards the next storm which will be even stronger and it'll have a significant impact on a large part of the country during Christmas Eve. It has already turned a bit milder this morning compared to yesterday and temperatures will surge tomorrow to very mild levels for this time of year on stiffening southerly winds. The rainfall from this next storm will be heavy at times from later this evening through tomorrow night and there may even be some thunderstorm activity on Wednesday; especially, in southern and eastern parts of the Mid-Atlantic region (e.g., Delmarva Peninsula). The stiffening southerly winds that develop tomorrow will continue quite strong tomorrow night and then will remain quite strong early on Thursday after shifting to a westerly direction which will bring in only slightly cooler air to the region for Christmas Day. Truly cold air will not arrive in this area until next week and it looks like it'll be quite different temperature-wise on New Year's Day as compared with Christmas Day.